diff --git a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
index ccf65da317..afe80dc062 100644
--- a/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/ipu3/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void Agc::prepare(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
 		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext,
 		  [[maybe_unused]] ipu3_uapi_params *params)
 {
-	agc_.prepare(context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
+	agc_.prepare(context.configuration.agc, context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
 }
 
 Histogram Agc::parseStatistics(const ipu3_uapi_stats_3a *stats,
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/libipa/agc.cpp
index 3f01074d7c..af4a3bf443 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc.cpp
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::queueRequest(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &s
 
 /**
  * \brief Prepare a frame
+ * \param[in] session The agc session configuration
  * \param[in] state The agc active state
  * \param[in] frameContext The agc frame context
  *
@@ -659,11 +660,10 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::queueRequest(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &s
  * \ref agc::FrameContext::gain "frameContext.gain" will be finalized
  * and may be used by the caller (see agc::prepareControls()).
  *
- * \todo Finalize \ref agc::FrameContext::vblank "frameContext.vblank" as well
- *
  * \sa Algorithm::prepare()
  */
-void AgcAlgorithm::prepare(agc::ActiveState &state, agc::FrameContext &frameContext)
+void AgcAlgorithm::prepare(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
+			   agc::FrameContext &frameContext)
 {
 	uint32_t activeAutoExposure = state.automatic.exposure;
 	double activeAutoGain = state.automatic.gain;
@@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::prepare(agc::ActiveState &state, agc::FrameContext &frameCont
 	}
 
 	frameContext.yTarget = state.automatic.yTarget;
+
+	processFrameDuration(session, frameContext);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -724,7 +726,6 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::process(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
 			   ControlList &metadata)
 {
 	if (!params) {
-		processFrameDuration(session, frameContext, frameContext.minFrameDuration);
 		fillMetadata(session, frameContext, metadata);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -828,13 +829,6 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::process(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
 		<< "quantization-gain: " << state.automatic.quantizationGain << ", "
 		<< "digital-gain: " << state.automatic.digitalGain;
 
-	/*
-	 * Expand the target frame duration so that we do not run faster than
-	 * the minimum frame duration when we have short exposures.
-	 */
-	processFrameDuration(session, frameContext,
-			     std::max(frameContext.minFrameDuration, newExposureTime));
-
 	fillMetadata(session, frameContext, metadata);
 }
 
@@ -842,22 +836,26 @@ void AgcAlgorithm::process(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
  * \brief Process frame duration and compute vblank
  * \param[in] session The session parameters
  * \param[in] frameContext The current frame context
- * \param[in] frameDuration The target frame duration
  *
- * Compute and populate vblank from the target frame duration.
+ * Compute and populate vblank for \a frameContext.
  */
 void AgcAlgorithm::processFrameDuration(const agc::Session &session,
-					agc::FrameContext &frameContext,
-					utils::Duration frameDuration)
+					agc::FrameContext &frameContext)
 {
 	const utils::Duration &lineDuration = session.lineDuration;
 
-	frameContext.vblank =
-		(frameDuration / lineDuration) - session.sensor.outputSize.height;
+	/*
+	 * Expand the target frame duration so that we do not run faster than
+	 * the minimum frame duration when we have short exposures.
+	 */
+	const auto frameLength = std::max<uint32_t>(
+		frameContext.minFrameDuration / lineDuration,
+		frameContext.exposure);
+
+	frameContext.vblank = frameLength - session.sensor.outputSize.height;
 
 	/* Update frame duration accounting for line length quantization. */
-	frameContext.frameDuration =
-		(session.sensor.outputSize.height + frameContext.vblank) * lineDuration;
+	frameContext.frameDuration = frameLength * lineDuration;
 }
 
 void AgcAlgorithm::fillMetadata(const agc::Session &session,
diff --git a/src/ipa/libipa/agc.h b/src/ipa/libipa/agc.h
index a5700d2625..4914c9cee2 100644
--- a/src/ipa/libipa/agc.h
+++ b/src/ipa/libipa/agc.h
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ public:
 	void queueRequest(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
 			  agc::FrameContext &frameContext, const ControlList &controls);
 
-	void prepare(agc::ActiveState &state, agc::FrameContext &frameContext);
+	void prepare(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
+		     agc::FrameContext &frameContext);
 
 	void process(const agc::Session &session, agc::ActiveState &state,
 		     agc::FrameContext &frameContext, std::optional<ProcessParams> &&params,
@@ -154,8 +155,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	void processFrameDuration(const agc::Session &session,
-				  agc::FrameContext &frameContext,
-				  utils::Duration frameDuration);
+				  agc::FrameContext &frameContext);
 	void fillMetadata(const agc::Session &session,
 			  const agc::FrameContext &frameContext,
 			  ControlList &metadata);
diff --git a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
index 2c747da891..5684b4df95 100644
--- a/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/mali-c55/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void Agc::fillWeightsArrayBuffer(MaliC55Params *params, const enum MaliC55Blocks
 void Agc::prepare(IPAContext &context, const uint32_t frame,
 		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext, MaliC55Params *params)
 {
-	agc_.prepare(context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
+	agc_.prepare(context.configuration.agc, context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
 
 	if (frame > 0)
 		return;
diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
index 1f1d6c96a3..34e186d8b6 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void Agc::queueRequest(IPAContext &context,
 void Agc::prepare(IPAContext &context, const uint32_t frame,
 		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext, RkISP1Params *params)
 {
-	agc_.prepare(context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
+	agc_.prepare(context.configuration.agc, context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
 
 	if (context.configuration.compress.supported) {
 		frameContext.compress.enable = true;
diff --git a/src/ipa/softisp/algorithms/agc.cpp b/src/ipa/softisp/algorithms/agc.cpp
index ea234bc2ae..7d2a53b385 100644
--- a/src/ipa/softisp/algorithms/agc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/softisp/algorithms/agc.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void Agc::queueRequest(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t fram
 void Agc::prepare(IPAContext &context, [[maybe_unused]] const uint32_t frame,
 		  IPAFrameContext &frameContext, [[maybe_unused]] DebayerParams *params)
 {
-	agc_.prepare(context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
+	agc_.prepare(context.configuration.agc, context.activeState.agc, frameContext.agc);
 }
 
 void Agc::process(IPAContext &context,